Silent HeatSink/Fan for Intel BOXDG965WHMKR

[gate1975mlm]

Hi I am going to have build a new system I got all the parts. But I want a pretty slient pc. Also I will not be over clocking.

Is the Stock cooler for the Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Conroe 2 loud?

And also if I were to get a better cooler what do you recommend for something that would fit the Intel BOXDG965WHMKR? Most of these cooler seem really big! I would like a small one that is pretty silent but will also do a pretty good job at cooling.

Here is my new system specs what do you all think? Total price is around $1,100

Intel BOXDG965WHMKR Socket T (LGA 775) Intel G965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813121052

Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Conroe
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115004

PC Power & Cooling S61EPS EPS12V 610W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817703005

Patriot 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820220095

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148140

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16829102188

LG Black 16X DVD-ROM 52X CD-R 32X CD-RW 52X CD-ROM 2M Cache IDE Combo Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827136067

Pioneer Black 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 5X DVD-RAM DVD-ROM 40X CD-R 32X CD-RW 40X CD-ROM 2M Cache ATAPI 16X DVD±R DVD Burner With 5X DVD-RAM Read
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827129001

COOLER MASTER Mystique 631 RC-631-KKN1-GP Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811119107

 

[dark_reign]

The stock HSF is only noisy at full RPM. When I had mine installed, it only hit 2200 RPM when I would run a CPU stress test like Orthos Beta. At idle or when gaming, the fan never went beyond 1000 RPM. It cools pretty good at stock clocks, but not so good when overclocking.

 

[gate1975mlm]

Anyone else here think the Stock cooler is not that loud?